Featured National Scholarships – Coast2Coast Italia Scholarship (New)
Coast2Coast Italia Scholarship is a full scholarship available for students that are interested in studying abroad to Italy for a year!
- One scholarship available
- Merit and Need-based scholarship
- Applicant will be hosted in Reggio Emilia, Italy
- Must qualify for financial assistance
- May not be combined with Global Leaders Need-Based award, but applicants will be automatically be considered for both.
- Deadline: March 14, 2019
Featured Local Scholarships
Check out the Maine Global Explorers Scholarship for students that reside or attend high school in Maine.
- Two scholarships of $8,000 available for any year or semester programs
- Two scholarships of $1,000 available for any summer or global prep programs.
- Merit scholarship
- Available for students interested in studying abroad on an AFS year, semester, or global prep program to any country.
- Deadline: March 1, 2019
Please check out the Local Scholarship resource that is available on the Field Hub and MyAFS Help & Learning.
If your area team is interested in launching or updating a local scholarship, please contact Amy-Kiana Rendon Patel at arendon@afsusa.org for resources and tools.
Fundraising Resources – Sponsor an AFSer
In recent months, we’ve featured a number of AFS applicants who are utilizing our signature fundraising tool called Sponsor an AFSer. Sponsor an AFSer is a FREE online platform for students to collect donations featured on a personal blog. Like online fundraising platforms such as GoFundMe and CrowdRise, students regularly update their blogs shared with family and friends to offset the AFS program fee. Any funds raised are applied directly to the student’s AFS finance account.
Check out the list below to identify students from your area team who have signed up for Sponsor an AFSer blog and forward the link to others in your community!
Featured below is a complete list of AFS applicants departing for their AFS program abroad between January – March 2019.
AFS Student Area Team Name AFS Program
Lukas Allgood San Diego Year to Japan
Sofie Carlin Texas Gulf Coast Semester to Germany
Raina Heilman Columbia Pacific Semester to Australia
Seamus McMillian Steinbeck Coast Semester to Argentina
Jack Moss San Antonio Year to Japan
Featured below is a list for AFS applicants departing for their AFS program abroad between June- September 2019.
AFS Student Area Team Name AFS Program
Dailey Moore Greater Cincinnati Global Prep to Japan
Eliza Roberts Massachusetts Bay Semester to Chile
Donovan Greene Greater Chicago Summer to Japan
Zyaja Huggan Southern New England Summer to Chile
Daniel Pyskaty Western NY Year to Iceland
Elaina Melgar Western NY Summer to Argentina
If you need more information about AFS-USA scholarships and fundraising opportunities, please contact our team at scholarships@afsusa.org or call 1-800-AFS-INFO at 2093.